Ashley Wennerstrom
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4452665 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Ashley Wennerstrom |
| NOMBRES | Ashley |
| APELLIDO | Wennerstrom |
| FIRMA | WENNERSTROM A |
| AFILIACIONES | Tulane University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1888-0432 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 28 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2011 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Uptake of Medicaid Billing for Community Health Worker Services in Louisiana, 2022–2023
BACKGROUND: In 2022, Louisiana Medicaid began offering reimbursement for some community health worker (CHW) services ordered and billed by a supervising clinician. OBJECTIVES: We analyzed the extent to which CHW services were reimbursed by Louisiana Medicaid during 2022-2023, including number of encounters, demographics of Medicaid members served, number of encounters per member, geographic distribution of CHW encounters, primary diagnosis of mem…
A Pilot Program of a Peer Support Group by and for Formerly Incarcerated Women
Background: Women leaving incarceration face numerous barriers to reentry, including lack of social support, mental health conditions, and trauma. Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of developing and implementing a peer-support group by and for formerly incarcerated women (FIW). Methods: A draft peer support curriculum was developed and refined based on a focus group with FIW. The program was implemented and participants engaged in a follow-u…
A Qualitative Program Evaluation of a Digital Peer Support Group for Formerly Incarcerated People
Objectives: A qualitative program evaluation of the Formerly Incarcerated Peer Support (FIPS) group, a peer-led mutual support group for formerly incarcerated people, was conducted to understand participant perceptions of (1) digital delivery via Zoom, (2) curriculum content, (3) roles of group participants, and (4) therapeutic value of FIPS group as it relates to traumatic experiences in prison and ongoing challenges after release. Methods: Usin…
A Qualitative Program Evaluation of a Digital Peer Support Group for Formerly Incarcerated People
Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action - Volume 18, Number 2, Summer 2024
Community health worker team integration in Medicaid managed care
Introduction: Community health workers (CHWs) have historically worked in community-based settings. Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) are integrating CHWs into their teams, largely to support social determinants of health. Little is known about how teams are structured in these environments or how CHWs and their supervisors perceive CHW roles in MCOs. Methods: In 2021, two CHW professional associations and a university partnered to condu…
Us helping us
The FIPS Group model may be generalized in a number of settings. Similar approaches may benefit the mental health of the millions of Americans involved in the criminal-legal system
Community Health Worker Activities in Public Health Programs to Prevent Violence
In multiple and related forms, violence is a serious public health issue with lasting impacts on health and wellness in the United States. Community health workers (CHWs) are frontline public health workers and trusted members of communities. We aimed to analyze recent examples of CHW activities in violence prevention public health programs with a goal of informing future programs and research. We collected more than 300 documents published betwe…
Mixed Method Evaluation of Louisiana’s Prerelease Medicaid Enrollment Program, 2017–2019
BACKGROUND: Over 600,000 people leave US prisons annually. Many are eligible for Medicaid upon release but may need support to enroll. Carceral facilities in nearly half of states have implemented systems to facilitate Medicaid access for those leaving incarceration, but there is limited information on program implementation models or outcomes. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate implementation and initial outcomes of Louisiana's prison-based Prerelease Medi…
Processes for Implementing Community Health Worker Workforce Development Initiatives
Introduction: The objective of this observational, cross-sectional study was to identify, document, and assess the progress made to date in implementing various processes involved in statewide community health worker (CHW) workforce development initiatives. Methods: From September 2017 to December 2020, we developed and applied a conceptual model of processes involved in implementing statewide CHW initiatives. One or more outputs were identified …
Promoting Community Health Worker Leadership in Policy Development
A Rapid Assessment of Disaster Preparedness Needs and Resources during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Background: This year has seen the emergence of two major crises, a significant increase in the frequency and severity of hurricanes and the COVID-19 pandemic. However, little is known as to how each of these two events have impacted the other. A rapid qualitative assessment was conducted to determine the impact of the pandemic on preparedness and response to natural disasters and the impact of past experiences with natural disasters in respondin…
Engaging LGBTQ Communities in Community-Partnered Participatory Research
This project's engagement plan demonstrates that community-academic partnerships can be forged to create and modify existing study models for LGBTQ communities
You have to be almost dead before they ever really work on you in prison’
Globally, the rate of incarceration among women is rising, and in the U.S., women's incarceration has grown at twice the rate for men over the last four decades. Louisiana has the second highest rate of incarceration in the U.S. There is evidence that men in Louisiana prisons do not receive adequate healthcare, but little is known about their women counterparts. We aimed to document formerly incarcerated women's experiences with receiving healthc…
School-based health centers, academic achievement, and school discipline
Promoting Health Equity and Criminal Justice Reform
Community Health Worker Leadership In Louisiana, During and After Hurricane Katrina
Medicaid Utilization Before and After a Natural Disaster in the 2016 Baton Rouge–Area Flood
Objectives. To understand changes in behavioral health services utilization and expenditures before and after natural disaster with an adult Medicaid population affected by the Baton Rouge, Louisiana–area flood (August 2016). Methods. We examined de-identified behavioral health claims data for Medicaid-insured adults in the affected region for 10 months before and after flooding (October 2015–June 2017). This constituted 273 233 provider claims f…
Preparedness and Community Resilience in Disaster-Prone Areas
Objectives. To determine how community-based organizations (CBOs) define priorities for bolstering community resilience, challenges in addressing these priorities, and strategies to address challenges. Methods. The Community Resilience Learning Collaborative and Research Network (C-LEARN) is a multiphase study examining opportunities to improve community resilience to the threats of disaster and climate change in South Louisiana. Phase I of C-LEA…
The National Association of Community Health Workers Disputes the Methods and Findings of Covert et al
The National Association of Community Health Workers Disputes the Methods and Findings of Covert et al. Sergio Matos CHW, Geoffrey Wilkinson MSW, Wandy Hernández-Gordon CHW, and Ashley Wennerstrom PhD, MPH Affiliation Sergio Matos is with the Community Health Worker Network of NYC, Brooklyn, NY. Wandy Hernández-Gordon is with HealthConnect One, Chicago, IL. Geoffrey Wilkinson is with the Boston University School of Social Work, Boston, MA. Ashley…
Community Resilience Learning Collaborative and Research Network (C-Learn)
This manuscript presents the protocol and participatory planning process for implementing the Community Resilience Learning Collaborative and Research Network (C-LEARN) study. C-LEARN is designed to determine how to build a service program and individual client capacity to improve mental health-related quality of life among individuals at risk for depression, with exposure to social risk factors or concerns about environmental hazards in areas of…
Case Study of Resilient Baton Rouge
Our partnered processes and lessons learned may be applicable to other communities that aim to promote resilience, as well as planning for and responding to post-disaster behavioral health needs
Lessons on Patient and Stakeholder Engagement Strategies for Pipeline to Proposal Awards
The Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) supports patient-centered clinical comparative effectiveness research (CER) including health disparities and engagement portfolios. In 2013, PCORI launched the Pipeline to Proposal (P2P) mechanism to support development of novel patient- and stakeholder-centered partnerships focused on designing clinical CER funding proposals. By providing a tiered structure of successive small contracts an…
The Community and Patient Partnered Research Network (CPPRN)
The CPPRN represents a promising approach for research data networks, balancing the potential benefit of information technology and data analytic approaches while addressing potential risks and priorities of relevant stakeholders
Creating Safe Spaces
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a persistent public health problem in the United States, with an estimated one in three women experiencing rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner within her lifetime. Non-Hispanic Black women disproportionately experience IPV, but there has been limited success in implementing culturally appropriate prevention programs and services for members of this population. Community health workers…
Bringing it all back home
Formerly incarcerated persons (FIPs) face a disproportionate risk of death and serious illness in the immediate post-release period. Therefore, it is a critical time to initiate community-based care for chronic illnesses and behavioural disorders. Little is known about the unique transitional health and social support needs of FIPs in Louisiana, which has the highest incarceration rate in the world. As the average age of prisoners in the United S…
Bringing it all back home
Formerly incarcerated persons (FIPs) face a disproportionate risk of death and serious illness in the immediate post-release period. Therefore, it is a critical time to initiate community-based care for chronic illnesses and behavioural disorders. Little is known about the unique transitional health and social support needs of FIPs in Louisiana, which has the highest incarceration rate in the world. As the average age of prisoners in the United S…
You have to be almost dead before they ever really work on you in prison’
Globally, the rate of incarceration among women is rising, and in the U.S., women's incarceration has grown at twice the rate for men over the last four decades. Louisiana has the second highest rate of incarceration in the U.S. There is evidence that men in Louisiana prisons do not receive adequate healthcare, but little is known about their women counterparts. We aimed to document formerly incarcerated women's experiences with receiving healthc…
A Qualitative Program Evaluation of a Digital Peer Support Group for Formerly Incarcerated People
Objectives: A qualitative program evaluation of the Formerly Incarcerated Peer Support (FIPS) group, a peer-led mutual support group for formerly incarcerated people, was conducted to understand participant perceptions of (1) digital delivery via Zoom, (2) curriculum content, (3) roles of group participants, and (4) therapeutic value of FIPS group as it relates to traumatic experiences in prison and ongoing challenges after release. Methods: Usin…
Preparedness and Community Resilience in Disaster-Prone Areas
Objectives. To determine how community-based organizations (CBOs) define priorities for bolstering community resilience, challenges in addressing these priorities, and strategies to address challenges. Methods. The Community Resilience Learning Collaborative and Research Network (C-LEARN) is a multiphase study examining opportunities to improve community resilience to the threats of disaster and climate change in South Louisiana. Phase I of C-LEA…
Community Health Workers in the United States
Community health workers (CHWs) are members of a growing profession in the United States. Studying this dynamic labor force is challenging, in part because its members have more than 100 different job titles. The demand for timely, accurate information about CHWs is increasing as the profession gains recognition for its ability to improve health outcomes and reduce costs. Although numerous surveys of CHWs have been conducted, the field lacks well…
Engaging LGBTQ Communities in Community-Partnered Participatory Research
This project's engagement plan demonstrates that community-academic partnerships can be forged to create and modify existing study models for LGBTQ communities
Promoting Health Equity and Criminal Justice Reform
Medicaid Utilization Before and After a Natural Disaster in the 2016 Baton Rouge–Area Flood
Objectives. To understand changes in behavioral health services utilization and expenditures before and after natural disaster with an adult Medicaid population affected by the Baton Rouge, Louisiana–area flood (August 2016). Methods. We examined de-identified behavioral health claims data for Medicaid-insured adults in the affected region for 10 months before and after flooding (October 2015–June 2017). This constituted 273 233 provider claims f…
Capacity Building for Post-Disaster Mental Health since Katrina
The floods and devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita contributed to socioeconomic instability and psychosocial trauma for the affected communities and populations, significantly for people of limited economic means and persons of color. Though more than 1/3 of the adult population from impacted areas experienced significant psychological distress, few people had access to or received appropriate health or mental health services in the months…
Capacity Building for Post-Disaster Mental Health since Katrina
The floods and devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita contributed to socioeconomic instability and psychosocial trauma for the affected communities and populations, significantly for people of limited economic means and persons of color. Though more than 1/3 of the adult population from impacted areas experienced significant psychological distress, few people had access to or received appropriate health or mental health services in the months…
The Terminology of Community Health Workers
The Terminology of Community Health Workers Affiliation Ashley Wennerstrom PhD, MPH, and Carl H. Rush MRPAshley Wennerstrom is Chair of the Policy Committee of the American Public Health Association (APHA) Community Health Worker (CHW) Section and is assistant professor of Clinical Medicine and Director of the Louisiana Community Health Worker Institute, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans. Carl H. Rush is special advisor to the APH…
Bringing it all back home
Formerly incarcerated persons (FIPs) face a disproportionate risk of death and serious illness in the immediate post-release period. Therefore, it is a critical time to initiate community-based care for chronic illnesses and behavioural disorders. Little is known about the unique transitional health and social support needs of FIPs in Louisiana, which has the highest incarceration rate in the world. As the average age of prisoners in the United S…
Community Health Workers in the United States
Community health workers (CHWs) are members of a growing profession in the United States. Studying this dynamic labor force is challenging, in part because its members have more than 100 different job titles. The demand for timely, accurate information about CHWs is increasing as the profession gains recognition for its ability to improve health outcomes and reduce costs. Although numerous surveys of CHWs have been conducted, the field lacks well…
Community Resilience Learning Collaborative and Research Network (C-Learn)
This manuscript presents the protocol and participatory planning process for implementing the Community Resilience Learning Collaborative and Research Network (C-LEARN) study. C-LEARN is designed to determine how to build a service program and individual client capacity to improve mental health-related quality of life among individuals at risk for depression, with exposure to social risk factors or concerns about environmental hazards in areas of…
Case Study of Resilient Baton Rouge
Our partnered processes and lessons learned may be applicable to other communities that aim to promote resilience, as well as planning for and responding to post-disaster behavioral health needs
Lessons on Patient and Stakeholder Engagement Strategies for Pipeline to Proposal Awards
The Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) supports patient-centered clinical comparative effectiveness research (CER) including health disparities and engagement portfolios. In 2013, PCORI launched the Pipeline to Proposal (P2P) mechanism to support development of novel patient- and stakeholder-centered partnerships focused on designing clinical CER funding proposals. By providing a tiered structure of successive small contracts an…
The Community and Patient Partnered Research Network (CPPRN)
The CPPRN represents a promising approach for research data networks, balancing the potential benefit of information technology and data analytic approaches while addressing potential risks and priorities of relevant stakeholders
Creating Safe Spaces
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a persistent public health problem in the United States, with an estimated one in three women experiencing rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner within her lifetime. Non-Hispanic Black women disproportionately experience IPV, but there has been limited success in implementing culturally appropriate prevention programs and services for members of this population. Community health workers…
Medicaid Utilization Before and After a Natural Disaster in the 2016 Baton Rouge–Area Flood
Objectives. To understand changes in behavioral health services utilization and expenditures before and after natural disaster with an adult Medicaid population affected by the Baton Rouge, Louisiana–area flood (August 2016). Methods. We examined de-identified behavioral health claims data for Medicaid-insured adults in the affected region for 10 months before and after flooding (October 2015–June 2017). This constituted 273 233 provider claims f…
Preparedness and Community Resilience in Disaster-Prone Areas
Objectives. To determine how community-based organizations (CBOs) define priorities for bolstering community resilience, challenges in addressing these priorities, and strategies to address challenges. Methods. The Community Resilience Learning Collaborative and Research Network (C-LEARN) is a multiphase study examining opportunities to improve community resilience to the threats of disaster and climate change in South Louisiana. Phase I of C-LEA…
The National Association of Community Health Workers Disputes the Methods and Findings of Covert et al
The National Association of Community Health Workers Disputes the Methods and Findings of Covert et al. Sergio Matos CHW, Geoffrey Wilkinson MSW, Wandy Hernández-Gordon CHW, and Ashley Wennerstrom PhD, MPH Affiliation Sergio Matos is with the Community Health Worker Network of NYC, Brooklyn, NY. Wandy Hernández-Gordon is with HealthConnect One, Chicago, IL. Geoffrey Wilkinson is with the Boston University School of Social Work, Boston, MA. Ashley…
School-based health centers, academic achievement, and school discipline
Promoting Health Equity and Criminal Justice Reform
Community Health Worker Leadership In Louisiana, During and After Hurricane Katrina
Processes for Implementing Community Health Worker Workforce Development Initiatives
Introduction: The objective of this observational, cross-sectional study was to identify, document, and assess the progress made to date in implementing various processes involved in statewide community health worker (CHW) workforce development initiatives. Methods: From September 2017 to December 2020, we developed and applied a conceptual model of processes involved in implementing statewide CHW initiatives. One or more outputs were identified …
Promoting Community Health Worker Leadership in Policy Development
A Rapid Assessment of Disaster Preparedness Needs and Resources during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Background: This year has seen the emergence of two major crises, a significant increase in the frequency and severity of hurricanes and the COVID-19 pandemic. However, little is known as to how each of these two events have impacted the other. A rapid qualitative assessment was conducted to determine the impact of the pandemic on preparedness and response to natural disasters and the impact of past experiences with natural disasters in respondin…
Engaging LGBTQ Communities in Community-Partnered Participatory Research
This project's engagement plan demonstrates that community-academic partnerships can be forged to create and modify existing study models for LGBTQ communities
You have to be almost dead before they ever really work on you in prison’
Globally, the rate of incarceration among women is rising, and in the U.S., women's incarceration has grown at twice the rate for men over the last four decades. Louisiana has the second highest rate of incarceration in the U.S. There is evidence that men in Louisiana prisons do not receive adequate healthcare, but little is known about their women counterparts. We aimed to document formerly incarcerated women's experiences with receiving healthc…
Us helping us
The FIPS Group model may be generalized in a number of settings. Similar approaches may benefit the mental health of the millions of Americans involved in the criminal-legal system
Community Health Worker Activities in Public Health Programs to Prevent Violence
In multiple and related forms, violence is a serious public health issue with lasting impacts on health and wellness in the United States. Community health workers (CHWs) are frontline public health workers and trusted members of communities. We aimed to analyze recent examples of CHW activities in violence prevention public health programs with a goal of informing future programs and research. We collected more than 300 documents published betwe…
Mixed Method Evaluation of Louisiana’s Prerelease Medicaid Enrollment Program, 2017–2019
BACKGROUND: Over 600,000 people leave US prisons annually. Many are eligible for Medicaid upon release but may need support to enroll. Carceral facilities in nearly half of states have implemented systems to facilitate Medicaid access for those leaving incarceration, but there is limited information on program implementation models or outcomes. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate implementation and initial outcomes of Louisiana's prison-based Prerelease Medi…
Community health worker team integration in Medicaid managed care
Introduction: Community health workers (CHWs) have historically worked in community-based settings. Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs) are integrating CHWs into their teams, largely to support social determinants of health. Little is known about how teams are structured in these environments or how CHWs and their supervisors perceive CHW roles in MCOs. Methods: In 2021, two CHW professional associations and a university partnered to condu…
A Qualitative Program Evaluation of a Digital Peer Support Group for Formerly Incarcerated People
Objectives: A qualitative program evaluation of the Formerly Incarcerated Peer Support (FIPS) group, a peer-led mutual support group for formerly incarcerated people, was conducted to understand participant perceptions of (1) digital delivery via Zoom, (2) curriculum content, (3) roles of group participants, and (4) therapeutic value of FIPS group as it relates to traumatic experiences in prison and ongoing challenges after release. Methods: Usin…
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